Barbaro's gets new cast; leg 'looked excellent'

The cast on Barbaro's broken right leg was
changed Sunday because a small crack had developed in it. The
bandage on the Kentucky Derby winner's laminitis-stricken left hoof
continues to be changed daily.

"Based on new radiographs that were taken, the leg
looked excellent under the cast," said Dean Richardson, chief
surgeon at the University of Pennsylvania's New Bolton Center. "The pastern joint looks
completely fused, and there is only a small area in the long
pastern bone that has a little ...

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